Anna Brasier is frustrated by those who believe that parents of children with disabilities or special needs must always look on the bright side. I now know that parents of disabled children aren’t the mythical, magical people who I had read about or imagined. They...
Schools and their teaching staff have a duty to take reasonable care for the safety and wellbeing of students while students are at school or are involved in a school activity. Satisfying this duty of care involves: Providing a safe environment for students and staff Providing...
Professor Gordon Tait argues that teachers are now expected to shoulder the burdens that others will not. The concern is that teachers are now to be regarded as de facto therapists and since somebody has to be responsible for children’s behaviour, it is teachers who...
Rosalyn Sandwell wishes she knew what she was in for when she had children – or does she? My biological clock was once so loud I half expected a cuckoo to stick its head out every hour and say ‘Baby time!’ Then the day I found...
Everyone assumes she wants children, but Erin Stewart is still contemplating the question. For no apparent reason, I am pressured into talking and thinking about kids. Granted, I am in a long-term relationship, but it doesn’t explain people’s curiosity. It’s surprising how often the topic of...
From school stabbings to nuclear weapons, how to address their fears Toddlers and preschoolers are comfortable and confident shouting “NO!” when they don’t want to do something their parents have asked them to do. But are your children comfortable saying no to other people or in...
